Admittedly I’ve been very heavy on the science and philosophy in my last couple posts, so I’d like to bring this one all the way back to square one.
Addressing wants and needs.
Bottom line: Many of us workout, slave away in the gym, watch (stress over) what we eat, read about nutrition, read about training…because we want to look better.
And we have some pretty visual goals when it comes to what “look better” really means.
It doesn’t matter if you are a man or a woman…at some point you’ve said to yourself “I want a 6 pack”
A 6 pack may not mean your are healthy, or even in shape..but the visual effect is striking!
So here is the no nonsense truth about getting a 6 pack:
You already have one.
No kidding. It’s there..it’s just being blurred out by a layer of body fat.
So the solution should be obvious – remove the fat, reveal the abs (that are already there under the fat).
You DO NOT need a ab exercise routine to make this happen. In fact, largely, they are a waste of your time.
You need to eat less to GET the abs, and you need to learn to enjoy eating less to KEEP the abs.
Abs are all diet, and overall activity level.
So here’s my solution: If you want abs eat less. If you want abs even quicker, eat less move more. If you want to keep you abs, then learn to ENJOY eating less.
(Easy to write, a little more difficult to put into practice, but it CAN be done.)
My experience has been this – Before Eat Stop Eat I dreamed of ‘cutting down for summer’ and ‘getting shredded’. I chased ABS with diets and ‘bumping up the cardio’.
After Eat Stop Eat, well, they’re just …there. Sometimes they are blurrier than other times, but they are always..well…visible.
Don’t make it harder than it needs to be.
BP
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@ Holly
As Brad has posted numerous times, weight loss is really much more @ psychology than physiology and for many it means learning to kill bad habits. Sweets is a difficult one for me too. So I routinely fast from them (currently in day 10 of a 12 day fast from sweets/desserts (made it to the end of day 7 before I finally got sick of picking out the M&M’s from the Trail Mix and have had the normal Trail Mix on days 9 & 10 too! But other than this slight treat, I’m gonna make it through day 12 – and then I’m gonna have a NICE dessert!)
Additionally, part of ESE is the advocation of avoiding extremes. So I doubt you have to “give it up altogether” but do believe you may need to moderate your intake. Perhaps consider enjoying a sweet treat only 2-3x per week (maybe only on weekends or weekends and once midweek). Hope this helps
@ Brad
I’m happy to report I can see my abs again!
I’ve lost 4-5″ (from 40.5) since June and think I need to lose another 2 before my belly is “flat” – or lined up w/my chest – and maybe 2 more beyond that to really see the lower abs as they’re still missing in action! Additionally, I see much better tone in my legs, arms, chest, shoulders and back (I feel a bit vain @ the gym looking in the mirrors but there’s hardly anyone there when I workout after midnight so I don’t really care!)
I believe diet is the key to seeing your abs but yet still wonder what YOUR ab routine is as I’m sure you doing at least a few sets to hit em abs. Can you share what you do?
I know that look on your face… you’re flexing, admit it!
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